Noel Carroll

The Philosophy of Horror

Or, Paradoxes of the Heart

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 1990. Noel Carroll, film scholar and philosopher, offers the first serious look at the aesthetics of horror. In this book he discusses the nature and narrative structures of the genre, dealing with horror as a "transmedia" phenomenon.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Januar 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9780415902168
• ISBN-10: 0415902169
• Artikelnr.: 21053597

Autorenporträt

Noel Carroll (University of Wisconsin)

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 The Nature of Horror
The Definition of Horror
Fantastic Biologies and the Structures of Horrific Imagery
Summary and Conclusion
2 Metaphysics and Horror
or Relating to Fictions
Fearing Fictions
Character-Identification? 3 Plotting Horror
Some Characteristic Horror Plots
Horror and Suspense
The Fantastic 4 Why Horror? The Paradox of Horror
Horror and Ideology
Horror Today